Larry Mitchell – Artist – Seascape Paintings
Larry Mitchell – Artist Biography
Australian Larry Mitchell Artist is a master at painting the ocean. His stunning seascape art works of the Abrolhos Islands are highly collectable, and in much demand, and is the series that many recognise Larry Mitchell for painting. Also well known for his incredible oil on canvas paintings of areas such as West Kimberley, WA; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Mentawies, Indonesia; Margaret River Region and the Antarctic. He has exhibited locally and nationally, his recent exhibition took him to the USA. JahRoc Galleries have been agents for Larry Mitchell paintings for over 13 years, and have arranged numerous commissions for customers who have requested a particular area/scene to be painted by Larry Mitchell.
Contact JahRoc Galleries to commission a painting by Larry Mitchell Artist.
LARRY MITCHELL RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
1 Degree Centigrade Project 2015 Release
Nevada Museum of Arts USA Exhibition
Larry Mitchell Artist CV
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 October 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH: Northampton, Western Australia
ART EDUCATION: Self-taught
POSITIONS
1976-1987 Art Teacher at St Patricks College, Geraldton
1989-1992 Lecturer at various TAFE Colleges in Perth district
1989 Artist-in-Residence at All Saints College, Bullcreek
1997 Full Time Artist
TRAVEL
1977-1978 Pacific Islands
1987-1988 Europe and resided in UK for one year
1990 Europe & UK
1994 UK
1999 Europe & UK
2001 USA & UK
2002 Europe & UK
2003 Europe & UK
2004 Asia, Europe & UK
2005 Hong Kong
2006 UK, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
2007 Louisiade Archipelago (PNG)
2008 Rowley Shoals, Italy & UK
2010 West Papua, Rajat Ampat, Spice Islands & Mentawi Islands
2011 Sumatra, Antarctica & South America
2012 Indonesia, Bismark Sea & Sepik River, Mentawi Islands
2013 West Papua New Guinea
AWARDS AND PRIZES
1975 Geraldton Art Award
1977 Cultural Trust Landscape Prize
1979 Sunshine Festival Oil Award
1980 Sunshine Festival Oil Award
Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
1981 Melville Purchase Award
Canning Art Award
Commendation Wynne Prize, New South Wales
1982 Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
1985 WA Cultural Trust Prize for Oil Painting
1990 Melville Art Award
2000 Finalist Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia
EXHIBITIONS
1979 Signature Gallery, WA
Way ’79 Anniversary Exhibition
1983 One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
Fremantle Drawing Survey Exhibition
WA Week Exhibition
1984 WA Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Canberra Times Exhibition, Canberra
1985 One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
1988 One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
Royal Society Touring Exhibition
1990 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Agnews Gallery, London
One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
1991 Fremantle Art Centre
One man exhibition, Geraldton Art Gallery
1992 One man exhibition, Perth Gallery
Fremantle Art Centre 20th Birthday Exhibition
1994 “Best of Australia” Exhibition, Hong Kong
1995 “Best of Australia” Exhibition, Hong Kong
1996 One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
1997 One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
1998 One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
2000 Festival of Perth – Ballet on Show, Stafford Gallery, WA
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Catanachs Gallery, Broome
Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Adelaide, SA – Touring Exhibition
2002 Represented by Hespe Gallery, San Francisco
Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
2003 Fremantle 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
“Fires On” Festival of Perth Exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
Solo Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
WA Contemporary Art Fair, Perth, WA
2004 “On the Wall” Art Fair, London, UK
Business Design Centre, London
Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
2005 Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
2006 Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
Blackheath Gallery, London
Represented James Corliss, London
2007 Represented vessel “True North”
“Project Abrolhos” JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
Proposed exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
2009 “Project West Kimberley” JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
Exhibition for Form Gallery, Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery
Yallingup Gallery, WA
2010 Linton and Kay Gallery
Yallingup Gallery
2011 “Margaret River Project” JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River
2012 “Pilbara Project” Form Galleries
2014 Travel Archives related to “1 Degree C” Project acquired by the Nevada Museum of Art, Center for Culture and Enviromnent, USA.
2014-1015 Ongoing project titled “1 Degree C” from 1998-2014. Exhibition at Nevada Museum of Art running from November 2014 to July 2015.
2015 “1 Degree C Project” 2015 Release, JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River
2017 “North & South” JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River
COLLECTIONS
- Barings Bank, London
- R & I Bank (Bankwest)
- Weld Club Collection
- Art Gallery of WA – Geraldton
- Private Collections in Australia, UK, USA, Europe and Japan
- Fremantle Art Centre
- Rupert Murdoch
- Nevada Museum of Art, USA
- Mirvac Fini
- Apache Energy
PUBLICATIONS
1999 “Abrolhos Island Conversations” – Fremantle Art Centre Press
(1999 WA Premiers Award)
PUBLICITY AND REVIEWS
1990 Saturday Observer / London
1991 ABC Radio/ Perth
Art and Australia
2000 Weekend Australian
2002 Art Scene WA
2003 Scoop Magazine
2004 Icon Magazine/London
Time Out Magazine/London
The West Australian/numerous times since 1982
2006 Insite Magazine Artist’s Profile
2008 Out There “Sky West” Magazine
The West Australian/numerous times since 1988
2014 Work to be featured on “Coast Australia – Series 2” to be shown on Foxtel History channel in 2015 as well as BBC, UK in the same year.